Data Visualization

Slim.io uses advanced, interactive visualizations to surface security insights at every level — from executive overview to individual finding evidence. All charts support drill-down, cross-filtering, and export.

Visualization Types

Data Treemap

A hierarchical rectangle chart showing your data estate by volume and sensitivity.

• Size: Data volume per source (GB/TB)
• Color: Sensitivity classification tier
  • Green: Public / non-sensitive
  • Blue: Internal
  • Orange: Confidential
  • Red: Restricted
• Hierarchy: Cloud Provider → Account → Bucket/Database → Schema → Table
• Interaction: Click to drill into any level; hover for details

Best for answering: “Where does my most sensitive data live, and how much of it is there?”

Risk Score Gauge

A 0–100 gauge showing your aggregate security posture.

• 0–30 (green): Low risk — findings are minor and controlled
• 31–60 (yellow): Moderate risk — action recommended
• 61–80 (orange): High risk — significant exposure exists
• 81–100 (red): Critical risk — immediate action required

The gauge updates in real-time as findings are created, resolved, or suppressed.

Findings Trend (Stacked Area)

A time-series chart showing finding volume over time, stacked by severity.

• X-axis: Time (daily or weekly granularity, selectable)
• Y-axis: Finding count
• Layers: Critical (red), High (orange), Medium (yellow), Low (blue)
• Comparison: Toggle “vs. previous period” to overlay trend lines

Best for answering: “Is my security posture improving or degrading?”

PII Classification Donut

A ring chart showing the distribution of PII types across your environment.

• Center: Total PII instance count
• Segments: SSN, Email, Phone, Credit Card, Name, Address, Medical, API Keys, Custom
• Interaction: Click any segment to cross-filter the entire dashboard

Best for answering: “What types of sensitive data are most prevalent?”

Compliance Posture (Multi-Framework)

A radar or multi-donut visualization showing compliance coverage across frameworks.

• One ring per framework: SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, PCI-DSS
• Each shows: percentage of controls with passing evidence
• Click a framework to drill into control-by-control detail

Best for answering: “How compliant am I, and where are the gaps?”

Risk Heatmap

A matrix showing risk intensity across two dimensions.

• Rows: Data sources or connectors
• Columns: PII categories or severity levels
• Cell color: Risk intensity (green → yellow → red)
• Interaction: Click any cell to see the underlying findings

Best for answering: “Which combinations of source and PII type are most dangerous?”

Channel Risk Heatmap (DLP)

A matrix showing DLP incident density across data channels and sensitivity levels.

• Rows: Channels (Email, Cloud Storage, SaaS, Database, API)
• Columns: Sensitivity tiers (Public, Internal, Confidential, Restricted)
• Cell color: Incident count (cool blue → hot red)

Best for answering: “Which data channels carry the most sensitive traffic?”

Owner Leaderboard

A ranked bar chart showing data owners by unresolved finding severity.

• Bars: Data owners (team or individual)
• Length: Weighted score (critical × 10 + high × 5 + medium × 2 + low × 0.5)
• Segments: Colored by severity breakdown within each bar

Best for answering: “Who owns the most risk, and who needs to take action?”

Remediation Funnel

A funnel chart showing finding progression through remediation stages.

• Stages: Discovered → Triaged → Assigned → In Progress → Resolved → Verified
• Width: Number of findings at each stage
• Bottleneck detection: Stages where findings accumulate indicate process gaps

Best for answering: “Where in our remediation process are findings getting stuck?”

Data Flow (Sankey Diagram)

A flow visualization showing how sensitive data moves across systems.

• Left nodes: Source systems
• Right nodes: Destination systems or consumers
• Flow width: Volume of sensitive data in transit
• Flow color: Sensitivity classification of data being transferred

Best for answering: “How does sensitive data flow through my organization?”

Interaction Patterns

Drill-Down Navigation

Every visualization supports progressive drill-down:

Executive Overview → Module Dashboard → Source Detail → Finding Detail → Evidence View

Each level is URL-routed and bookmarkable. Use the breadcrumb navigation to move back up.

Cross-Filtering

Click any chart element to apply a global filter:

• Clicking “SSN” in the donut filters the treemap, trends, and tables to SSN data only
• Clicking a time range in the trend chart scopes all charts to that period
• Active filters appear as pills in the filter bar; click × to remove

Time Range Selection

All time-dependent visualizations support:

• Quick presets: Last 24h, 7d, 30d, 90d, 1 year
• Custom range: Calendar-based date picker
• Comparison mode: Overlay previous period data and show delta indicators

Export

Every chart supports:

• PNG/SVG: Download the chart as an image
• PDF: Include the chart in a generated report
• CSV: Download the underlying data as a spreadsheet

Color System

All visualizations use a consistent, accessibility-compliant color palette: